Doniel
- Last seen for girls in 1973 at #6,666
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 98.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 409since 1953
Doniel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Doniel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
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| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five boys were named Doniel! It came in at #3,425, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1961, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Doniel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Doniel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Doniel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1971 at #2,813 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 132,426
- Highest: 1 in 132,426 boys born in 1979 were named Doniel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,813 in 1971, was only 1 in 147,371 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 23.0% of all boys named Doniel (94) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #3,425 (1953) | #3,707 |
| 1960s | 19 | #3,365 (1968) | #3,647 |
| 1970s | 94 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,622 |
| 1980s | 85 | #3,411 (1983) | #4,772 |
| 1990s | 77 | #5,124 (1995) | #6,972 |
| 2000s | 53 | #6,839 (2000) | #9,656 |
| 2010s | 48 | #8,781 (2014) | #10,899 |
| 2020s | 22 | #9,714 (2021) | #11,523 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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